How to Delete Photos from Photoshop

Last Updated: November 17, 2021

This wikiHow will teach you how to delete your photos from Photoshop using Lightroom's catalog on a computer. If, however, you're looking to remove the list of recent items that appears on your Photoshop Home Screen, go to File > Open Recent > Clear Recent File List.^{[1]
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Steps

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Open Lightroom. This computer app is bundled with the installation of Photoshop on your computer.
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Click the image you want to remove. It will highlight to show that it's selected.

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3
Click the Photo menu. You'll see this above your photo grid or at the top of your screen.
- A menu will drop-down.
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Click Remove Photo from Catalog. This is near the bottom of the menu and will remove the thumbnail of the photo from Lightroom.^{[2]
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- If you want to remove the photo from your hard drive, you can delete it from your file manager or click "Remove Photo" and "Delete from Disk."